use procmail.  it isn't trivial, but it is worth learning.
after learning it you'll wonder how you got by without it.

Alex Winbow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>       I have numerous mail addresses, most of which I forward to the
> machine(s) that I actually pull my mail from. I'd like to selectively
> filter before forwarding.
> 
>       Suppose I have address luser@foo, and there exists a .forward in
> foo:/home/luser simply "luser@bar", so that all mail is forwarded to bar
> and read as a big 'ole mailbox.
> 
>       Now, instead, I want to be cleverer: forward from foo->bar
> everything *except* messages coming from a certain mailing list. That way,
> most mail goes through my usual paths and can be read anytime anywhere,
> but mail from that mailing list to luser@foo is trapped, to be read
> selectively only at foo.
> 
>       How can I accomplish this? I've glanced at procmail, but it looks
> nontrivial.
> 
>                                               Thanks,
>                                               Alex
> 
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